HIV/AIDS Testing
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is responsible for all disease testing guidelines including HIV testing. The newly proposed CDC HIV testing recommendations are based on years of research and documented consistency in the growth of the disease. According to an article published in the September-October 2007 issue of “Public Health Reports”, many people do not even know that they are infected. One-quarter of those who are currently infected in the nation are totally unaware of their status. This is a tremendous number especially since 40,000 new people are diagnosed each year. This means that there are still another 13,333 United States Citizens that are currently HIV positive and do not know it because of lax guidelines for testing the population. (more…)

